John Healey's First Budget 2026
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- David LynchEvening Standard
- Heather StewartThe Guardian
- David HughesEvening Standard
- Patrick JacksonBBC
- Ella KiplingBBC
- Dan HodgesDaily Mail
- Jason GrovesDaily Mail
- Nicholas CecilEvening Standard
- Jeremy HuntDaily Mail
- Alex BrummerDaily Mail
- Lettice BromovskyDaily Mail
- Madelaine DowdsEvening Standard
- Phillip InmanThe Guardian
- Niva YadavEvening Standard
- Megan HoweEvening Standard
- Nic CecilEvening Standard
- Press AssociationEvening Standard
- Julia KolleweThe Guardian
- James TapsfieldDaily Mail
- Heather Stewart Economics editorThe Guardian
- Sophie ChurchDaily Mail
- Kevin PeacheyBBC
- Luke ReeveyEvening Standard
- Helen CorbettEvening Standard
- Anna WiseEvening Standard
- David WilcockDaily Mail
- Holly WilliamsEvening Standard
- Tom PlaceEvening Standard
- Helen CraneDaily Mail
- Ian JonesEvening Standard
- Jeremy CutlerEvening Standard
- Guardian StaffThe Guardian
- David YoungEvening Standard
- Craig PatonEvening Standard
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Chancellor John Healey will unveil his first Budget today as millions of Britons brace for potential tax hikes and changes to their household finances.
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Standing charges on gas bills will be scrapped from next year for around 23 million homes, the Treasury has announced.
A VAT cut on electricity bills will be extended to next July, added Healey.
Energy payments of £100 will go to around 20 million households in council tax bands A to D.
Mr Healey said the UK was being battered by a global economic storm, with the Budget watchdog slashing its forecast for gross domestic product growth next year.
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Kemi says Britain about to collapse under the weight of welfare after Chancellor refuses to cut handouts in Budget
How it changed
- 23 Oct
The Chancellor has rejected the possibility of hiking capital gains tax, the levy on profits from selling assets, at the Budget.
- 24 Oct
Healey said: “Mayors and local leaders know what their communities need to grow, which is why we are giving them more money, more power and more capacity to get projects moving, build homes and make the right decisions for their areas.”
- 25 Oct
More than £1bn for social and affordable housing in England will be provided in the Wednesday's Budget, taking funding for the government's 10-year homes programme past £40bn.
- 28 Oct
Ahead of going to the Commons to deliver his speech, Mr Healey said: “This Budget is designed to give households breathing space from some of the everyday costs, provide targeted support for businesses and self-employed people, and to start the long-term action needed to get energy costs down for good.”
Coverage 43 articles
28 Oct Dharshini David: Healey buys himself some time, but big questions still unanswered
BBC
28 Oct Scottish Government to pass on £100 energy bill payment
Evening Standard
28 Oct Investment summit and boost to AI research hub among Budget measures for NI
Evening Standard
28 Oct Budget 2026 calculator: find out if you are better or worse off
The Guardian
28 Oct Eyes turn to US Fed call as markets ‘tolerate’ UK Budget
Evening Standard
28 Oct Budget 2026 forecasts: Which records have been set and milestones passed?
Evening Standard
28 Oct Short of starting his speech by declaring 'This is the Budget for a May 2027 election', I'm not sure how much clearer John Healey could have been on what the Government's real plan is: DAN HODGES
Daily Mail
28 Oct Savers and landlords hammered with income tax raid in Budget as Healey ratchets up Reeves' hike by another 2%
Daily Mail
28 Oct High street support pledged but gambling firms set to pay the price
Evening Standard28 Oct Council tax bands: Two million Londoners to get £100 energy bills payment - do you qualify?
Evening Standard
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- 28 Oct High street support pledged but gambling firms set to pay the price
Evening Standard 
28 Oct Kemi says Britain about to collapse under the weight of welfare after Chancellor refuses to cut handouts in Budget
Daily Mail
28 Oct Bank taxes to rise by less than some feared to help fund ‘breathing space’
Evening Standard
28 Oct Healey Budget offers help for families and firms hit by global economic storm
Evening Standard
28 Oct Budget at a glance: What has John Healey announced?
Evening Standard
28 Oct Budget 2026: Sadiq Khan given sweeping tax powers to unleash London transport revolution
Evening Standard- 28 Oct Healey Budget offers help for families and firms hit by global economic storm
Evening Standard 
28 Oct Budget 2026: Watch in full as Chancellor John Healey delivered speech to House of Commons
Evening Standard
28 Oct Your pay, energy bills and savings: How the Budget affects you
BBC
28 Oct Healey brushes aside warnings over higher mortgages and presses ahead with a tax raid on banks
Daily Mail
28 Oct Budget 2026: John Healey offers £100 payment to households to help navigate ‘global economic storms’
The Guardian
28 Oct Chancellor begins to deliver his first Budget
BBC
28 Oct Standing charges to be axed from gas bills next year, Healey says on Budget day
Evening Standard
28 Oct Is this 'breathing space', Chancellor? Healey vows to trim energy bills in first Budget today - but is set to drag millions deeper into tax system
Daily Mail- 28 Oct Standing charges to be scrapped from gas bills next year – Treasury
Evening Standard 
28 Oct John Healey to end standing charges on gas bills for 23m homes
The Guardian28 Oct Budget 2026: Chancellor John Healey's big London dilemma as he battles to fire up Britain
Evening Standard
28 Oct What to expect of this year's Budget
BBC- 28 Oct Standing charges to be scrapped from gas bills next year – Treasury
Evening Standard 
28 Oct Budget 2026 LIVE: Chancellor John Healey 'targeting energy bills' in tax and spending speech - latest updates
Evening Standard
28 Oct What to expect from John Healey’s first budget: who wins, who pays?
The Guardian
28 Oct Budget 2026: What London can expect from the Chancellor's tax and spending announcements
Evening Standard
28 Oct Autumn Budget 2026 live updates: John Healey set to raid banks, hike minimum wage and extend the fuel duty freeze
Daily Mail
28 Oct It's time to build the UK's financial defences and slash the size of the state, says ALEX BRUMMER
Daily Mail
28 Oct JEREMY HUNT: Reform the public sector or tax the life out of the economy? It's not difficult to work out which is best for Britain
Daily Mail
28 Oct DAILY MAIL COMMENT: As John Healey unveils his first Budget, the prospect of even more benefits is adding insult to injury
Daily Mail
Evening Standard
25 Oct John Healey's tax raid on banks 'will raise the cost of mortgages'
Daily Mail
25 Oct DAN HODGES: Chancellor Healey's allies tell me this is his Budget strategy. He's taking steps to avoid crashing like Rachel Reeves
Daily Mail
25 Oct Budget to include £1bn for social and affordable housing
BBC
24 Oct Budget to increase cash for social housing and give England’s mayors more powers
Evening Standard
24 Oct Healey’s first budget to include big devolution package to boost growth
The Guardian
23 Oct The Budget: What will be in it? What might be in it? What can be ruled out?
Evening Standard
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